George Takei Loses ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ Wins on IndieGoGo

For those of you who missed this week’s “Celebrity Apprentice”: George Takei is gone – loaded into a photon torpedo bay and shot into the icy vacuum of reality show also-ran-hood. (Do “Dancing With the Stars” next, George!)

“I only regret I couldn’t do more for the Japanese American National Museum,” he said as he headed to the Loser’s Limo. That said, the show’s two mentions of the Japanese American National Museum are approximately two mentions more than JANM has ever had on prime-time TV, so even if he lost the game, you could argue, hey, a moral victory!

But even if Takei’s campaign on behalf of the Museum is now off the rails, his lifelong efforts to raise awareness about the Japanese American internment are about to hit a tremendous milestone: He put a musical he’s been developing called “Allegiance” on crowdfunding site IndieGoGo, hoping to raise production funds for the show’s world premiere at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, Ca.

The project’s target goal? $50,000. And as of publication, “Allegiance” had raised over $150,000 – three times the amount it was seeking.